The CDC Transforms its English Language Resources with the EdITLib Digital Library

Freely adapted from the EdITLib website by Isabelle Laplante and Andrée Dagenais.

The EdITLib Digital Library is the premiere online resource for aggregated, peer-reviewed research on the latest developments and applications in Educational Technologies and E-Learning. As suggested by Brenda Lamb of John Abbott College, the CDC undertook a trial subscription and after evaluation from their team and the network, decided to add this database to their E-resources. Members of the Quebec college network can now write to info@cdc.qc.ca to receive a password to profit from this and the CDC’s many other resources.

The EdITLib Digital Library has over 100,000 documents in English relating to educational technologies and e-learning at a post-secondary level. Encompassing more than 25 years of published international journal articles, conference papers, e-books, and multimedia content from tens of thousands of leading authors, the EdITLib Digital Library connects research and learning within one platform.

Over 40,000 full-text, peer-reviewed documents are available, and an additional 60,000+ abstracts are available, many with links to a full-text version, and if not, just ask the CDC to have access!

Much of the content includes multimedia content such as video, slides, and audio recordings.

The EdITLib Digital Library is your gateway to the latest scholarly research for information technology in education. Featuring an easy-to-use and highly efficient search engine, EdITLib makes it easy to keep up to date on the latest advances in the field.

Highlighted Features

Table of Contents (TOC) Alert Service

This free service of the Digital Library will automatically email to you the Table of Contents of any chosen Journal issue whenever the latest issue is available in the Digital Library. These notifications will include links to the issue abstracts weeks in advance of regular publication.

Bibliographic Software Compatible

It’s possible to import bibliographic references in different formats.

Conference Slides for Presentations

Many of the conference papers include the actual presentation slides in PowerPoint (PPT) format.

Email Abstracts of Search Results

The Digital Library enables you to email abstracts from search results to colleagues (free service) and include your comments. Try it!

Teaching Resources

Many instructors have found EdITLib to be a useful classroom resource for offering:

Course readings: A tool will be launched soon to enable instructors to create a course readings online list and document.

Research assignments: EdITLib can be used not only for researchers but also to give students experience in conducting their own literature research.

This tutorial gives a great overview of the wealth of resources available to the college network through the CDC’s subscription to EdITLib.

Resources published by EDUQ.info

Your Collegial Network Resources

ACPQ

The ACPQ (Association des collèges privés du Québec) is an umbrella organization for 25 college-level teaching establishments subsidized by MESRST. The ACPQ brings together teachers, administrators, and personnel of member colleges for pedagogical workshops that it organizes annually. It also manages support programs for research and international activities.

APOP

APOP meets the professional development needs of teaching personnel by offering online professional development and moderation activities. The purpose of these services is to support teaching personnel in their use of technology on the job. From an introduction to the features of a software application to the development of scripted teaching strategies, concepts are updated in terms of practices and emerging needs.

AQPC

The AQPC (Association québécoise de pédagogie collégiale) promotes the support and development of college educational mastery through gatherings and publications to foster the sharing of experience as well as the adoption of research results, pedagogical innovations and information technology. Among the AQPC’s activities is their annual symposium and the Pédagogie collégiale journal.

ARC

ARC (Association pour la recherche au collégial) works to promote research in college-level establishments. ARC is there to promote research and provide information to college network teachers who might wish to conduct research.

CCDMD

The Collegial Centre for Educational Materials Development (CCDMD) produces computer-based resources and printed documents for teachers and students of the Quebec college network. It has an impressive catalogue of educational materials and participates in a number of highly interesting projects for college teachers, including Netquiz Web, the World of Images collection as well as symposiums produced in tandem with the AQPC to improve teaching skills. The CCDMD works for you and with you!

CDC

The CDC (Centre de documentation collégiale) is the only unique library focusing on college education. The CDC has a mandate to serve francophone and anglophone Cegeps, both public and private, across Quebec. Its collection has been developed specifically to meet the information needs of teachers, professionals, managers, researchers and future teachers of the college network.

Cégep à distance

Cégep à distance is a college dedicated to distance learning. It hosts a diverse student population with a significant student population referred from within the college network. By the very nature of its courses, the Cégep à distance is at the avant-garde of technology. It makes much of the teaching material that it designs available to teachers in the Quebec college network.

DECCLIC

The corporation Plateforme collégiale DECclic hosts and maintains the Moodle environment along with other related services. It also moderates the DECclic community with online help, professional development, and network activities.

IT Rep

The IT Rep/REPTIC Network is a community practice of pedagogical counsellors responsible for the integration of ICTs into Quebec colleges. IT Reps work with teachers at their school to support the pedagogical integration of ICTs. The IT Rep also ensures that the resources of ICT partners have concrete benefits in their setting.

Performa

Performa is a partner dedicated to the professional development and training of ICT savvy teachers. Performa brings together a faculty of the Université de Sherbrooke and 61 college-level institutions. Performa provides access to accredited professional development activities specifically adapted to the needs of college network teachers.

Profweb

Profweb shares inspiring teaching practices in addition to providing articles on educational and digital news from the Quebec college network. Profweb also promotes digital resources related to teaching and learning in colleges and offers a calendar of events. Finally, Profweb offers college teachers a free web hosting environment for their educational projects.

VTÉ

The mission of Vitrine Technologie-Éducation (VTÉ) is to promote and support integration of technology into postsecondary education. The VTÉ is recognized for its technology watch activities, whose results are relayed to the entire network. The VTÉ also disseminates pedagogical resources through means of its rich and comprehensive CERES catalogue—a veritable treasure chest!

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